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Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago, in an effort to write a “Better Late Than Never” installment of “Book Briefs,” something I had done back in April 2018 with Book Briefs #35. But, sensing I would not be able to absorb the books […]
Two weeks ago I was in Venice for the Biennale, covering the 18th International Architecture Exhibition curated by Lesley Lokko for World-Architects. It was my first trip back to Venice since the 2018 Biennale, which was the 16th edition and was curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects. Like other writers outside […]
Over at World-Architects I wrote about two self-published books recently published by BNIM and KPF: ALL – The Tom and Ruth Harkin Center by BNIM Design in Detail by Kohn Pedersen Fox The “Found” feature also includes responses to a few questions on why the firms opted to self-publish rather than work with publishers on […]
This year’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is my third, following the 2022 book fair and, just days before lockdown, the 2020 book fair. Three hardly makes me an expert, even in my specialization of architecture books, but it does help with gauging the value given to books on the subject and getting a sense of […]